Cigarette tray



Dec. 21, 1943. 5, PENN r 2,337,409

C IGARETTE TRAY Filed Feb; 25, 945

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Patented Dec. 21, 1943 UNITED STATE' 2,337,409 CIGARETTE TRAY George R. Penn, Danville, Va. Application February 25, 1943, Serial No. 477,107 3 Claims. (01. 131235) This invention relates to cigarette trays of that type adapted to support cigarettes while lighted and for receiving ashes and stubs.

Trays of this character as usually constructed, provide means along the edges thereof for the veniently.

A still further object is to provide a tray which can be used for holding books of matches and invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a top plan View of the tray, a cigarette being shown supported thereby.

' section on line 2-2, Figure 1,

arettes being shown by broken lines in two different positions thereon.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33, Figure 1, a match book being indicated by broken lines in the tray.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, designates a base formed preferably of glass although it can be made of any other suitable plastic material. This base, in the structure illustrated, has an opening 2 extending longitudinally thereof and of sufficient size to receive and hold several cigarettes placed side by side. opening can have an The base i is preferably rectangular and has a recess 3 in the top thereof for the reception of cigarette ashes or the like. sected at its center by a transverse rib 4 the sides of which preferably converge upwardly, the top of the rib being disposed well above the top of the base and said top, which is of reduced width,

being formed with a desired number of recesses a cigarette on end as and also for receiving the burning end of the cigarette so as to snuff out the fire.

Deep grooves 7 are provided in the top surfaces of the side walls of the tray and are so proportioned as to receive match books one of which has been indicated at B.

It is to be understood that the entire device covered by this application can be molded in one piece and provides fore stated a supply of cigarettes can be placed t is necessary is to shghtly tilt the device in either of two direcbe frictionally engaged by opposed ortions of the Thus the cigarette will be supported while it is burning as shown at C in Figs. 1 and 2.

or overbalanced, it will fall into tray.

Should it be desired to extinguish the fire in the cigarette, all that is required is to insert the lighted end downwardly into the snufier 6 whereupon the fire wll be quickly and completely extinguished. A match book is always available provided one of them is located in each of the recesses 1. V

The top wall of the opening 2 is preferably mirrored as indicated at 8 so that, by looking down into the tray, it can be used as a mirror.

This device, because of the features stated, has been found especially useful by card players, to an added whom the provision of the mirror is convenience.

What is claimed is:

1. A tray of the class described formed of a single piece of transparent material including a base having an open'ng extending thereinto along lines parallel with the top thereof, the top wall of the opening being mirrored for reflecting through the top of the base, said top of the base having separate sides and having recesses extending downwardly thereinto, one or more of said sides having a recess therein, each of said first-named recesses constituting an ash receiver and each of said second-named recesses constituting match-holding means, and a transverse rib integral with the'base and separating the firstnamed recesses, said rib having upwardly converging faces and having cigarette-receiving recesses in its upper edge.

display surfaces,

2. A tray of the class described having an ashreceiving recess in the top thereof, there being a separate recess in the top of the tray propor tioned to receive and hold one end of a match book, and a rib integral with the tray and dividing the ash-receiving recess into separate non-communicating portions, said rib having a flat top and flat upwardly extending display faces and being provided in the top with recesses for receiving cigarettes supported thereon, there being a longitudinal cigarette-holding space extending through the tray and close to opposed side walls of the tray.

3. A tray of the class described including a base, the top of the base having a recess constituting an ash-receiver and a recess proportioned to receive and hold one end portion of a match book, and a transverse rib integral with the tray and intersecting the ash-receiving recess to separate it into separate ash-receiving portions, said rib having a flat relatively broad top and flat upwardly converging faces, said faces constituting there being cigarette-receiving recesses in the flat top of the rib and a cigarette storage space extending into and longitudinally of the tray and close to opposite sides of the base of the tray.

GEORGE R. PENN. 

